Diving with a species
Where to dive with Galapagos Shark
- 9 dive sites
- 5 countries
- 1 species
Eight of the nine Galapagos shark sites are World Heritage, and seven are walls or pinnacles with current: Darwin, Wolf, Cape Marshall, Gordon Rocks and Kicker Rock in the Galápagos, plus Cocos Island, Malpelo and Revillagigedo. Ascension Island, in the South Atlantic, is the only one outside the eastern Pacific.
Where
Places come from reviewed species-place links; the species shown at each place are only those in this group.
Remote volcanic/Nesting
Ascension Island
United Kingdom
United KingdomUp to 30 m · Advanced Open Water
25 m24 °C
Galapagos Shark
See dive siteUNESCO
Wall/Cleaning station
Cape Marshall
Ecuador
EcuadorUp to 30 m · Advanced Open Water
15 m21 °C
UNESCO
Wall/Pelagic
Cocos Island
Costa Rica
Costa RicaUp to 45 m · Advanced, drift diving
25 m27 °C
UNESCO
Wall/Pelagic
Darwin Island
Ecuador
Up to 40 m · Advanced, drift diving
20 m24 °C
UNESCO
Pinnacle/Current
Gordon Rocks
Ecuador
Up to 30 m · Advanced, drift diving
15 m22 °C
UNESCO
Pinnacle/Pelagic
Kicker Rock (León Dormido)
Ecuador
Up to 30 m · Advanced Open Water
15 m23 °C
UNESCO
Wall/Pelagic
Malpelo Island
Colombia
ColombiaUp to 40 m · Advanced, drift diving
25 m26 °C
UNESCO
Wall/Pelagic
Revillagigedo Islands (Socorro)
Mexico
MexicoUp to 40 m · Advanced, drift diving
25 m25 °C
UNESCO
Wall/Pelagic
Wolf Island
Ecuador
Up to 40 m · Advanced, drift diving
20 m24 °C